LGBT therapists in Akron, OH

I'm always here to listen, even if you want to talk about how it’s difficult to share and if there's anything I can do to help. I have treated OCD, substance abuse, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and personality disorders.

Available for sessions between hours of 9am to 5pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Fridays!

I received my Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling in 2020 and obtained my license as an LPCC in 2023. I specialize in working with client's on anxiety, depression, life stressors, and past trauma. I enjoy working with teenagers and young adults. As a queer identifying person, I am passionate about working with the LGBTQIA+ community. I have specific experience writing letters of support for trans & nonbinary clients seeking Hormone Replacement Therapy and/or gender affirming surgery.

Are you someone who is feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or uncertain about navigating life’s challenges? Perhaps you are experiencing anxiety, stress, relationship struggles, questions about gender/identity, or lingering effects of past experiences. Or maybe you feel disconnected from yourself or others, struggle with self-doubt, or find it difficult to manage your emotions in a healthy, balanced way. As a licensed Psychologist at Psychworks Clinic, I provide therapy under the supervision of Dr. Ritchie Hall, a licensed Clinical Psychologist, using interventions grounded in research and best practices.

Welcome to a space of warmth, non-judgment, and compassion! I enjoy working with people who are on a journey of self-introspection and discovery. You are the expert of your own life - I am here to help empower you with an approach of gentleness and humor. My work experiences include treatment of eating disorders, anxiety and mood disorders, relationship issues, grief, and perfectionism. I have extensive experience with college-aged and K-12 students from my time spent as a university counselor and school social worker.

I am an anti-racist and LGBTQ-Affirming trauma therapist who has worked with veterans, military personnel, and civilians for 20+ years. I am honored to work with clients on their self-defined goals to achieve more peaceful and satisfying lives, especially as related to healing mental injuries from discrimination and abuse.

My areas of expertise include workplace trauma, racial trauma, institutional betrayal, suicide prevention, family scapegoat abuse, workplace mobbing, and self-acceptance in a hostile world.

As a Queer, Xicana of Mexican, Indigenous, Irish, and Czech ancestry who was raised by a gay parent, I know from lived experience, the importance of culturally-responsive care that recognizes the harm of systemic and interpersonal oppression and stigma. I delight in working with people from diverse backgrounds and lived experiences including neurodiversity, various religious and spiritual communities, and people living with visible and invisible disabilities.

As a care provider for a person living with long COVID, I understand the challenges and importance of COVID-cautious lifestyles for people who have compromised immune systems or who want to avoid long COVID.

With a BA from the University of California, Santa Cruz, an MSW from Washington University in St. Louis, and a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, my practice is rooted in research, celebration of clients' cultural traditions, and awareness that mistreatment, disadvantage, and cruelty cause people to suffer.

I actively work to identify and eradicate my own biases through anti-racist somatic practice and train other clinicians in decolonizing mental health care, psychological safety, and anti-racist suicide prevention.

I use evidence-based practices of Written Exposure Therapy, Motivational Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy, and Prolonged Exposure Therapy.

I'm Ali, a Registered Art Therapist and a Licensed Professional Counselor in Missouri, Michigan, Ohio, and California! My practice predominately focuses on the issues unique to Millennials and Gen Z, including later in life neurodivergent diagnoses, healing from trauma, finding and maintaining secure connections/ relationships, being first persons in families to reject traditional paths, and navigating adulthood/ becoming secure in self in an uncertain future.

I both identify and work within the LGBTQIA+, kink, and non-traditional relationship communities. My practice is a not just a safe space. It is a place to readily meet challenge, growth, and self-understanding. My goal is help you achieve what you want for yourself, whatever that may look like within the context of you. Together we will find solutions, happies and crappies, some tears, successes, and healing.